Swedish Organization Declares India Electoral Autocracy , Rahul Gandhi Amplifies
While referring to the suppression of dissent, free media, and overuse of sedition in the country, the organization ranked India worse than neighbouring Bangladesh and Nepal. Pixabay Outlook Web Bureau 2021-03-12T08:39:13+05:30 Swedish Organization Declares India Electoral Autocracy , Rahul Gandhi Amplifies outlookindia.com 2021-03-12T09:35:01+05:30
V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Institute, an independent research organization based in Sweden has termed India an electoral autocracy instead of democracy in its democracy report for the year 2021.
While referring to the suppression of dissent, free media, and overuse of sedition in the country, the organization ranked India worse than neighbouring Bangladesh and Nepal.
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An analysis by the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute headquartered in Sweden, has observed that India has gone from being an electoral democracy to an ‘electoral autocracy’.
“The world’s largest democracy has turned into an electoral autocracy,” it reads.
The report, which carries a data-based analysis measuring the erosion of democracy, has listed India as a ‘major autocratiser’ in its summary. Last year, the V-Dem report had said that India was on the verge of losing its status as a democracy.
A graph illustrating the decline of democracy in South Asian nations – India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka – shows that India’s descent to becoming an electoral autocracy began in 2014, when the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) first came to power.
Rahul Gandhi flags India’s slide in democratic norms
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The Congress leader cites thinktank report that downgraded India to an ‘elected autocracy’.
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The Congress leader cites thinktank report that downgraded India to an ‘elected autocracy’.
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday tweeted a news report on the findings of a Swedish institute that claimed that India had turned into an “elected autocracy” to question the country’s status as a democratic country.
“India is no longer a democratic country,” Mr. Gandhi tweeted, tagging a news report about the Swedish institute’s latest finding.
On Wednesday, Sweden-based V-Dem [Varieties of Democracy] Institute released a report that downgraded India as a democracy and placed it below neighbours such as Bangladesh and Nepal.